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News: Technology

The Future of Music: The Celestial Jukebox

April 2, 2009

The killer app for musicany song, at any timeis almost here. The only question is whether or not we'll label everybody who wants to tune in to it a “criminal." The ultimate goal for music technology, “the celestial jukebox," is going to be reached very soon. That term has been floating around for a decade or ...

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News: Technology

YouTube Stops Music in Germany

April 2, 2009

BERLIN -- The music has stopped for German users of YouTube due to a payment spat with Teutonic royalty collections org Gema. YouTube is blocking music videos belonging to the largest music labels after negotiations broke down this week. The portal baulked at Gema's demand of EUR12 (16) per play. Gema, which reps 60,000 German composers, ...

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News: Recording

Go: Organic Orchestra Concert and Download

April 2, 2009

GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA will be performing a new series of concerts @ Roulette, New York city MONDAYS May 11, 18, 25, 2009 8:30pm It will be our 3rd year developing this prototypical concept at our triannual series @ Roulette and 8th year of the existence of the Go: Organic Orchestra concept. 42 ...

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News: Obituary

Duane Jarvis L.A. Roots Music Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist Dies

April 2, 2009

Duane Jarvis, a stalwart of the Los Angeles roots music scene whose lead guitar work landed him stints playing with Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Michelle Shocked and others when he wasn't recording and touring as a respected singer-songwriter in his own right, died Wednesday after a long bout with colon cancer. He was 51. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Lee Konitz Returns to the Village Vanguard

April 2, 2009

Lesson No. 1 From a Master of Improvisation: Never Repeat Yourself The alto saxophonist Lee Konitz performed with the ensemble Minsarah at the Village Vanguard on Tuesday, his first engagement there since 1983. Lee Konitz played his first line for laughs at the Village Vanguard on Tuesday night. The band had just conferred backstage, he said, ...

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News: Music Industry

Fans Inundate Natalie Cole with Kidney Offers

April 2, 2009

Natalie Cole's fans want to give her a kidney. Singer has hepatitis C, and could be on dialysis for rest of her life. The 59-year-old singer told Larry King on Tuesday that she was diagnosed with kidney failure, and while she was still on his CNN show, dozens of viewers wrote in offering to ...

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News: Recording

Genesis 1970 - 1975 - 6LP Vinyl Box

April 2, 2009

GENESIS, IN THE BEGINNING In the beginning - there was vinyl. Audio Sampler After upgrading the Genesis catalog of studio albums with a trio of comprehensive boxed sets, Rhino brings the band's early years back to their LP origins with GENESIS 1970-1975, a vinyl boxed set that contains five albums with lead singer Peter ...

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News: Music Industry

Hendrix Home Tape for Sale, Shows Softer Side

April 2, 2009

Recording features 14 tracks, including cover of Dylan song Tears of Rage. A home recording by Jimi Hendrix, which its owners said showed the 1960s rock icons softer side, will be auctioned next month and is expected to fetch between $70,000 and $140,000. According to co-owner Mark Sutherland, the tape was recorded by Hendrix in New ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Bela Fleck and the Africa Project; a Tribute to Eddie Jefferson; Jan Shapiro; Matt Wilson; Ntozake Shange and Hamiet Bluiett; and More

April 2, 2009

There's lots going on in St. Louis over the next few days with regard to jazz and creative music, so let's go right to the highlights, starting with tonight when the much-anticipated Bela Fleck and the Africa Project tour comes to the Sheldon Concert Hall. For more on the Africa Project, see this article that I ...

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News: Technology

David R. Adler on Jazz and Political Protest

April 2, 2009

Be sure to read David R. Adler's new Z Word essay: Jazz and Protest: A Reappraisal As one of New York’s most active jazz critics, David is uniquely placed to tackle some of the contemporary interpretations of the notion of jazz as “freedom music,” particularly from such problematic characters as Amiri Baraka and Gilad ...